Claudia Marseguerra Livres

From the author of the international bestseller The Sweetness of Forgetting comes a captivating novel about the struggle to overcome the past when our memories refuse to be forgotten.

Nel 1961 Alejandro Jodorowsky ha seguito in Messico gli insegnamenti del maestro zen Ejo Takata che era solito raccontare storie che Jodorowsky annotava pazientemente nei suoi taccuini. In queste pagine l'autore raccoglie sessanta di quei racconti commentandoli e svelando il significato profondo nascosto in ciascuno di essi. Queste storie, haiku e koan della più classica tradizione zen rendono il discepolo capace di guardare oltre il dito, e ammirare direttamente la bellezza della luna.

Comme tout Anglais qui se respecte, Arthur boit son thé à heure fixe. Mais depuis qu'il a perdu sa femme, rien ne va plus. Lorsqu'il consent enfin à tourner la page et à se séparer des affaires de sa défunte épouse, Arthur trouve un bracelet qu'il n'avait jamais vu auparavant. Les breloques suspendues à ce bijou constituent autant d'énigmes qui lui donnent envie de mener l'enquête. Que sait-il vraiment de celle qui a partagé sa vie pendant plus de quarante ans ? Ainsi commence un périple riche en rebondissements qui réserve à Arthur de surprenantes révélations.

A man drives alone along the vast, desolate roads of Patagonia, a mystical land. He comes across a starving and helpless teenager, who is now the prince grown older and returned to Earth. The two travellers, extremely different in both background and personality, begin a deep, simple and meaningful conversation that gets to the heart of life's most important questions. The trip becomes a truly spiritual journey, moving from innocence to maturity, from the everyday to the metaphysical, and from sadness and cynicism to happiness and enthusiasm for life.

The chilling new psychological thriller by S. K. Tremayne, author of the Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller, THE ICE TWINS. When Rachel marries dark, handsome David, everything seems to fall into place. Swept from single life in London to the beautiful Carnhallow House in Cornwall, she gains wealth, love, and an affectionate stepson, Jamie.But then Jamie's behaviour changes, and Rachel's perfect life begins to unravel. He makes disturbing predictions, claiming to be haunted by the spectre of his late mother - David's previous wife. Is this Jamie's way of punishing Rachel, or is he far more traumatized than she thought?As Rachel starts digging into the past, she begins to grow suspicious of her husband. Why is he so reluctant to discuss Jamie's outbursts? And what exactly happened to cause his ex-wife's untimely death, less than two years ago? As summer slips away and December looms, Rachel begins to fear there might be truth in Jamie's words:'You will be dead by Christmas.'